from the scene. Cross and Passion Convent, Ballycastle became co-educational in the 1970s and entered Colleges' hurling competitions at all levels. However, a lack of boys in Sixth Form restricted them to a 2 Mageean Cup successes (1977/78 & 1978–79) – teams which featured Olcan McFetridge and Brian Donnelly. Cross and Passion now holds 8 titles in total. Armagh CBS were a constant presence during the 1970s and they won their first and so far only title in 1982/3. Paul Doyle was their star, and most of that team went on to represent Armagh at county level. St Patrick's Maghera emerged as a force at under-age level during the early 1980s and took the first of their 14 titles in 1983/4. That inaugural victory was fashioned by the McGurk and Downey brothers, who would also drive Queen's University to their last appearance in a Fitzgibbon final in 1987. Maghera also won the Mageean – MacRory Cup double on three occasions during the 1980s, a quite exceptional feat given that many players featured on both teams. This double had previously been accomplished by St Mary's CBS in 1971; in fact, St Mary's went on to win the All Ireland double (the Hogan and O’Keefe Cups) in that year. St Louis Ballymena completed a decade of change in Mageean Cup hurling by winning their first title in 1988-9, under coach Alex Connolly and featuring future Antrim goalie Shane Elliott. St Mary's CBS however has remained the dominant force, adding a further 11 titles during the past 30 years, bringing their total to 28. De La Salle College Belfast reached the Mageean Cup final in 1993-4 and again in 1999-200 but has so far failed to collect the trophy. A recent innovation in 2011/12 has been the entry of an amalgamated team representing ‘An Dún’, and this has been followed in 2012-13 by the emergence of another amalgamation viz ‘Divis’ which is a combination of North and West Belfast schools (excluding St Mary's CBGS). The Mageean Cup champions go on to represent Ulster each Spring in the All Ireland B Championship (The Paddy Buggy Cup “Formerly O’ Keeffe Cup”), and the Ulster champions have created a remarkable record in the past 4 years. St Mary's CBGS won the O'Keefe Cup in 1971 and 1973, but there was no further Ulster success in the next 30 years until St Patrick's Maghera ended the drought